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Warren Buffett and the team at Berkshire Hathaway have exited two of their major investments during 2014. They have sold off shares of five other investments, but they are completely out of the two positions that we will talk about below. Berkshire Hathaway Exits Its Stake of Deere & Co. Berkshire Hathaway first entered this position back during the third quarter of 2012. The farm equipment and tractor manufacturer was very appealing to Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. It’s the play on America that they always […]

Over the last three years, Berkshire Hathaway, for the second time, has bought shares in a pharmacy related company. So it’s no surprise that Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett really likes the pharmacy business. During the third quarter, Berkshire Hathaway, owned by Warren Buffett, added shares of Express Scripts to its portfolio, and is widely followed by investors all over the world. This company processes the paperwork needed by pharmacies and insurance companies, and it also helps to make sure that the pharmacies get paid. In […]

Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett have taken out a new position in Charter Communications and have purchased 2.3 million shares that are worth $365 million back at the end of June. The shares are doing well since Buffett has opened up the position. Based on the latest 13 F filing with the SEC, we’ve also noticed that Buffett has substantially added to his position in Verizon, and purchased 4 million shares. Berkshire Hathaway now owns more than 15 million shares of the company, and its […]

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway still owns stakes in Starz, DirecTV, Viacom and Liberty Media. They also own a small stake in John Malone’s international cable company, Liberty Global. Berkshire Hathaway also disclosed in a regulatory filing that they sold all of their Dish Network stock. At the end of 2013, Berkshire Hathaway owned 2.95 million shares of Liberty Global stock, worth roughly $262 million, we learned from a regulatory filing. The company has been acquiring cable operators throughout Europe, and last month even agreed to […]

Warren Buffett is a man who owns many businesses. But based on his own words, it’s not likely that he will ever own Twitter or Facebook. In a few weeks, we will have access to the latest report that tells us which stocks Berkshire Hathaway has been selling and buying throughout the quarter. But there’s one thing that we feel certain about. Twitter and Facebook are not likely to be on the list of purchases. Buffett might not have directly said this in public, but […]